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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
CWhen you add your voice to bad choices
CThen your noise, so white, becomes mammoth
CIt's dripping down the walls like quicksilver
CDripping down us slowly as Saturn
[Bridge]
CAnd for you, the Pulitzer prize
CJust step into traffic
CNow in you, the Americas
CYou broke through, you loved 'em
[Verse 2]
CWe have found a use for the profane
CSearching for the gods in the corners
CWith the ignorance of the poet
CAnd unbreakable focus of martyrs
[Chorus]
COh Ebdarling Fshare the Cshade
Oh Ebdarling Fshare the shadeBb  
[Interlude]
C
[Verse 3]
COnce a singer from the bad choices
COn a singer without a pretense
CWhen you give your mind to your voices
CYou accept the terms of your sentence
[Bridge]
CAnd for you the Pulitzer prize
CFor time served, you're walking
CNow in you the Americas
CYou broke through, it's nothing
[Chorus]
COh Ebdarling Fshare the Cshade
COh Ebdarling Fshare the shadeBb  
[Interlude]
C
[Verse 4]
CYou began to climb a new tower
CThinking you could learn a new language
CThat you would return a few favors
CSince you left everybody hanging
[Chorus]
COh Ebdarling Fshare your Cshade
COh Ebdarling Fshare your shadBbe
COh Ebdarling Fshare your Cshade
COh Ebdarling Fshare your shadBbe
[Outro]
C

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Darling Shade

by The New Pornographers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

When you add your voice to bad choices

Then your noise, so white, becomes mammoth

It's dripping down the walls like quicksilver

Dripping down us slowly as Saturn

[Bridge]

And for you, the Pulitzer prize

Just step into traffic

Now in you, the Americas

You broke through, you loved 'em

[Verse 2]

We have found a use for the profane

Searching for the gods in the corners

With the ignorance of the poet

And unbreakable focus of martyrs

[Chorus]

C Eb F C

Oh darling share the shade

Eb F Bb

Oh darling share the shade

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]

Once a singer from the bad choices

On a singer without a pretense

When you give your mind to your voices

You accept the terms of your sentence

[Bridge]

And for you the Pulitzer prize

For time served, you're walking

Now in you the Americas

You broke through, it's nothing

[Chorus]

C Eb F C

Oh darling share the shade

C Eb F Bb

Oh darling share the shade

[Interlude]

[Verse 4]

You began to climb a new tower

Thinking you could learn a new language

That you would return a few favors

Since you left everybody hanging

[Chorus]

C Eb F C

Oh darling share your shade

C Eb F Bb

Oh darling share your shade

C Eb F C

Oh darling share your shade

C Eb F Bb

Oh darling share your shade

[Outro]

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